heed
English
/hiːd/
noun
Definitions
- Careful attention.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hēden, heden inherited from Old English hēdan (receive, take charge, guard, take care, take possession, heed, observe, attend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną (guard, heed) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (protect, cover, care for, guard, heed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kadʰ-
Gloss
protect, cover, care for, guard, heed
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heeder English
- heedest English
- heedeth English
- heedful English
- heedfully English
- heedfulness English
- heedily English
- heediness English
- heedless English
- heedlessly English
- heedlessness English
- heedworthy English
- heedy English
- misheed English
- unheed English
- unheedful English
- unheedy English
- cassis Latin
- Hütehund German
- Hüter German
- behüten German
- hüten German
- verhüten German
- behoeden Dutch, Flemish
- hoeden Dutch, Flemish
- hoeder Dutch, Flemish
- *kadʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hattuz Proto-Germanic
- *hōdaz Proto-Germanic
- *hōdijaną Proto-Germanic
- hedan Old English
- hēdan Old English
- hēden, heden Middle English
- cadw Welsh
- ceidwad Welsh
- gwarchod Welsh
- hoeden Middle Dutch
- huoten Old High German
- hüeten Middle High German
- hidden Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *huoden Old Dutch
- huoden Old Dutch
- *kat-wo- Proto-Celtic
- hodian Old Saxon